Non-refillable bottle.



L PATENTED JULY 24, 1906.y

F. L. ANDERSON. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2l. 1905.

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UNTTED ASTAgES PATENT oEEICE.

FREDERICK L. ANDERSON, or HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSiGNoR CECNE-THIRD To FRED P. RURNHAM AND CNE-THIRD` To FRANK J. WCCDUS, orHAvERniLL, MASSACHUSETTS.

- NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1906.

Application led September 21,1905. Serial No. 279,483.

-at .Haverhill, inlthe county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, ofwhichthefollowing isaspecification. v

This invention relates to non-reiillable bottles or -analogousreceptacles, and has for its object to produce a comparatively simpleinexpensive device of this character embodying a valve mechanism which:when the receptacle is filled andsealed will effectually obviaterefilling, thus to prevent the fraudulent substitution of an inferiorgrade of goods for that initially contained in the receptacle.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novelfeatures of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafterdescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinalsection through a portion of a bottle equipped with a valve mechanismembodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing aslightly-modified form of the device. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a slightly differentform of valve. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the plug or shield.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a bottle having a neck 2, inwhich is arranged a tubular body or sleeve 3, composed of glass or othersuitable material and secured and sealed in the neck by means of annularpacking members or gaskets 4, preferably composed of rubber, the body,which rests on a flange 4', formed in the neck, being provided at itslower end with a bearing portion or strip 5, spaced from the bottom ofthe sleeve to present an opening or passage 6.

Arranged for movement in the sleeve 3 is a valve 7, adapted to normally.rest upon a seat 8 provided in the body, said valve being fixed on andbetween the ends of a Stem 9, slidably disposed at its lower end in abearing-opening 10, formed in the strip 5, and at its upper end in acentral bearing-openin 1 1, formed in a plug or shield 12, between w 'chand the valve there is arranged on the stem a normally-expanded spring13, tending to press the valve to normally closed or seated position. ltmay be mentioned in this .con-

,nection thatthe `tension of the lspringsand f weightof the valve are,so adjustedrelatively that the spring willactfor closing thevalve whenthe -bottleis disposed in a substantially .horizontalposition, while:the .weight ofthe valve will when the bottle is inverted.besuf-yficient to compress :the spring and permit` the Vvalve to open. A

The plug .12, which is secured in the body 3 by means of-.apacln'ng-,gasket ,14, restsl at its lowerend on yaf-flzmge 14f,-formed.in the body,y and is provided with a plurality of discharge-openings 15,protected at their upper ends by means of a disk-like portion orenlargement 16, formed on the upper end of the plug and serving inpractice to prevent the introduction of a wire or other instrumentthrough one of the openings 15 for tampering with the valve.

Seated in the neck of the bottle over the plug 12 is a cork or stopple17, by which the bottle is closed during transportation or storage.

In practice after the bottle has been initially iilled the sleeve 3,containing the valve mechanism, is seated and properly secured in theneck 2, it being understood, of course, that the shield or plug 12 isapplied after arrangement of the valve 7 and its controllingspringwithin the sleeve and prior to introduction of the latter into the neck,and, further, that the spring 13 will maintain the valve normally inclosed or seated position to prevent the introduction of liquid into thebottle. the valve will when the bottle is turned to discharging positionmove under the iniiuence of its own weight and against the action of thespring to open position, whereby the liquid will flow freely from thebottle through the opening 6, sleeve 3, and discharge-opening 15, ASsoon, however, as the bottle is turned sufficiently to relieve thespring of the full weight of the valve the latter will, through theaction of the spring in expanding, be automatically returned to closedposition. Thus it is apparent that the spring will close the valvebefore the bottle is in a position for the liquid to flow thereinto, andthat any pressure which may be applied for forcing liquid into thereceptacle while in inverted position will immediately close the In theoperation of decanting liquor IOC valve. It is to be noted that theflange 4 prevents forcing of the shell into the bottle, while the flange14 in like manner obviates forcing of the shield vdown into the shell.

In Fig. 2, which shows the ,valve 7 in open position, the constructionand operation of the parts are identical with that above described,except that the body or sleeve 3 is secured and sealed in the neck 2 bymeans of a single packing-gasket 18, composed of cork.

In Fig. 4 the valve 7 and its stem 9 are shown as cast in a single pieceas distinguished from the construction illustrated in Figs. l and 2, inwhich the valve 7 is formed separate from and secured by cement orotherwise upon the stem.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a simple inexpensivedevice which in practice will admirably perform its functions to theattainment of the ends in view and one whereby the introduction of anyliquid into the bottle after the valve mechanism has been secured in theneck thereby is wholly obviated, it being understood that in attainingthese ends minor changes in the details herein set forth may be resortedto without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I-Iaving thus Jfully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A bottle having a neck, a tubular body fixed in the latter and providedat its inner end with an inlet-opening and a bearing portion, a valvearranged lor movement in the body and designed to normally close theinletopening, a spring for pressing the valve normally to vclosedposition, a shield fixed in the body and provided with adischargeopening and :an enlarged portion to overlie the outer end ofsaid opening, and a stem for the valve having bearing at its oppositeends in said bearing portion and shield.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED. L. ANDERSON.

